After spending time away from coaching, Steve Sigmon decided he wanted to get back to what he loves.

Sigmon was given the opportunity to coach again after being named the new Williamstown boys’ basketball coach. The school had 14 candidates for the position vacated when Stacey May resigned on April 8.

“I’m excited,” Sigmon said. “I think that next year’s team has talent. You can’t coach players to your style; you’ve got to coach to their style.”

After their first matchup, Grant County baseball coach Darrick Lee expected more out of his players the next time they faced rival Williamstown.

Lee saw his players rise to the occasion when a week after their 3-2 win, they followed with a 9-1 win on May 6.

“We hit the ball better than we did the first game,” Lee said. “We also didn’t have the week off that we had before the previous game. I’m just happy to see us put all phases of the games together. I saw more enthusiasm out of some players and I expected them to respond.”

This past season for the Grant County Middle School basketball teams was all about working hard to improve.

The sixth grade boys’ team finished the season with a 7-17 record and one win in the season-ending tournament.

The team was led by Chris Hammonds, Kyle Kinmon, Daniel Kinmon, Jordan Rose and Joey Saylor. Daniel Kinmon led the team in rebounding. Andrew Daniels scored a season-high 15 points in one game before suffering a season-ending knee injury.

The Lady Braves rallied for another come-from-behind win in a district game, earning a 6-3 win over Walton-Verona on April 27.

“As a coach, I’m panicking, but whenever the kids come off the field, you can see the confidence in their eyes,” coach Ott Reed said. “This team is so good at pitch recognition. They don’t swing at bad pitches. This group scores runs in bunches.”